Well there goes my evening.

So today I wanted to write.

I'm on chapter 60-something, and I was determined to be like, “I am getting this done.”

So I was writing, everything was going great, and then I changed something that was big enough that I needed to add it to my story bible. So I opened my Story Bible and now I'm stuck organizing and changing stuff.

I asked a few other subreddits about this, but honestly, this seems like the place that makes the most sense. While reorganizing everything, I discovered that I have various rules in my universe with no backstory written down.

They're the kind of rules that exist to keep people alive.

Now I'm curious-

**What are the most out-of-pocket rules in your universe?**

This is for ALL genres BTW- Rules that are very much needed because people lack common sense.

What are the most out-of-pocket rules you have in your universe? I'm talking about the rules where you look at them and think: There is absolutely a story behind this.

(Because I write urban fantasy, these are a few in my world)

Don't whistle in the eastern cemetery.

Never compliment a fae's hat in front of another fae.

Do not feed the swamp monster after midnight.

Under absolutely no circumstances should you say the word "kebab" within fifty feet of that particular vase.

I want the rules that exist because someone, somewhere, did something incredibly stupid.

Bonus points if the characters in your world treat the rule as completely normal because, of course, everyone knows why you don't do that.